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DESCRIPTION:UCSB's doing it again:\nCritical Mass (bike ride) Against War!  Everyone's 
 invited!\nSaturday, March 17th\n\nMeet up at Pardall Tunnel in Isla 
 Vista\n9am sharp\nBring a bike, probably some water and a snack, sunscreen 
 and a hat.\n\nOn March 17th we will rise up and take to the streets in a 
 MASSIVE\ncross-town bicycle ride. CRITICAL MASS! A SUSTAINABLE PROTEST OF 
 AN\nUNSUSTAINABLE WAR!\nNo longer can we sit by and watch hundreds of 
 thousands of people lose\ntheir life, while billions of dollars are stolen 
 from worthy causes such\nas national health care, lowering tuition, 
 expanding education,\nrebuilding the Gulf Coast, or researching 
 sustainable/renewable energy\nsources. We will take direct action to stop 
 the war.\nFor more info see http://sbantiwar.org\n\nCan't make the bike 
 ride?  There's still a huge march and rally\ndowntown.  Take the 24X and 
 meet at Vera Cruz 
 park.\n(http://www.thepeoplescoalition.org/)\n\n\n----------\n\nCritical 
 mass bike rides and the law: \nWhat every bicyclist needs to know!\n\nYou 
 have every right to ride your bike and enjoy yourself without being 
 harassed by motorist or intimidated by the police.  When riding in a 
 critical mass, you have every right to occupy the full lane(s) of traffic 
 moving in the direction your mass is headed.  You do not necessarily have 
 to “move over” for automobiles.\n\nAccording to the California Vehicle 
 Code:\n\n“Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less 
 than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time 
 shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the 
 roadway…” \n\nThis means several things in a critical mass situation.  
 First, since hundreds of bicyclist (outnumbering cars) constitute 
 “traffic,” then each bicyclist is free to ride anywhere in the lane 
 with every other bicyclist.  Because bikes are the traffic, they can and 
 should take up the whole street, or at least as much of it as necessary to 
 produce safe conditions for all riders.  The Vehicle Code continues that 
 bicyclist can occupy different portions of the lane also in the following 
 situations:\n\n“(1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle or 
 vehicle proceeding in the same direction.  (2) When preparing for a left 
 turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.”\n\nAnd, of 
 particular importance for critical mass rides the code states that 
 bicyclist need not crowd the edge of the road:\n\n“(3) When reasonably 
 necessary to avoid conditions (including, but not limited to, fixed or 
 moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, 
 or substandard width lanes) that make it unsafe to continue along the 
 right-hand curb or edge….”\n\nIf traffic conditions consist of dozens 
 or hundreds of bicyclists then it is certainly not safe for them to crowd 
 each other near the right-hand curb or edge of the road to allow cars room 
 to speed by.  It makes perfect sense to occupy the whole lane.  Motorist, 
 therefore have a responsibility to respect the conditions of traffic, as 
 such, and not aggressively try to speed around or through the critical 
 mass.\n\nKeep this in mind and enjoy the ride,\nA fellow rider\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/13/18376360.php
SUMMARY:Isla Vista: Critical Mass Against War!
LOCATION:Meet at Pardall Tunnel in Isla Vista at 9am sharp!  Bring your bike, a 
 snack, sunscreen and a hat.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/13/18376360.php
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